A little while later, Mo Shuixia's grandma and younger siblings returned. Granny Shuixia kept muttering, "What a sin," shaking her head and sighing. Mo Shuixia's brother, Mo Yuanzhi, and her sisters, Mo Shuiyun and Mo Shuiyue, gathered around the two older girls, chattering away as they reported what happened next at the Mo Family Courtyard—
Urged on by the elders, Mo Guoqiang—his legs weak with fright at the sight of his daughter's blood-soaked face—quickly hoisted Mo Xiaofeng onto his back. Liu Fengying followed behind, sobbing as she helped support her. The other children, Mo Xiaosu, Mo Xiao Zhi, Mo Xiaoneng, and Mo Xiaohua, all went with them to the brigade clinic. The courtyard was suddenly deserted.
Mo Shuiyun said to Xiao Man, "Sister Xiao Man, none of them are home now. You should hurry and go back. If they come back and see you, they'll beat you again!"
